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Your skin evolved for a specific latitude, and that mismatch may be quietly harming your health.
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In this episode
- Why skin color and geography create opposite health risks
- How migration changed the relationship between humans and sunlight
- The real tension between getting enough sun and avoiding UV damage
- What Vitamin D deficiency looks like across different skin types
About this episode
Your skin color evolved at a particular latitude on earth, but migration and modern lifestyles have created radical mismatches between skin types and environments. The result: higher rates of cancer in light-skinned populations and Vitamin D deficiency in dark-skinned populations. In this episode, Jeff and Jake dig into these imbalances and the tension beneficial sun exposure and UV damage.This podcast is supported by:
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